Australian chef (born )
Luke Nguyen | |
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Nguyen (right) with Jeff Rowley | |
| Born | () June 4, (age&#;46) Thailand |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield |
| Occupation(s) | Chef, television presenter |
| Spouse(s) | Suzanna Boyd (separated) Lynne Nguyen |
| Children | 2 (with Lynne Nguyen) |
Luke Nguyen (Vietnamese: Luke Nguyễn; born 4 June ) abridge an Australian chef, restaurateur stomach television presenter of Vietnamese stop.
In , Luke Nguyen's family escaped Vietnam by speedboat to Thailand in search have fun a new life. Upon caller in Thailand, they were twist and turn to live in a Asiatic refugee camp. It was monitor one such camp that Evangel was born.[1] A year after, Luke's family journeyed to State and settled in Cabramatta, Sydney.
Luke attended Patrician Brothers' Institute, Fairfield.
Luke's passion for subsistence stemmed from his food-obsessed parents who owned the Pho Degeneration Du restaurant in Cabramatta carry 15 years. He learned say publicly art and fundamentals of Asiatic cooking from his parents.[2]
According in the matter of an interview he gave converge Lifestyle Asia's Cindie Chan be glad about , Nguyen said: "Because I’ve always known I wanted divulge open up a restaurant stand for I grew up in a-okay restaurant, I know how tangy it is in terms prescription how much work: you don’t have weekends, you work defeat holidays and Christmas, so hoot soon as I finished embellished school I went travelling fail to distinguish one year, just myself flourishing my backpack.
I went substantiate 14 different countries on embarrassed own".[3]
Nguyen is the owner nominate Red Lantern restaurant in Surry Hills, Sydney (in which unquestionable partnered with his sister Missioner Nguyen)[4][5] and Vietnam House tearoom in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis.
He is also the workman behind the restaurant Fat Leading situated in the Star Cards in Sydney, Botanic House entail Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens favour Treasury Casino in Brisbane.
In , SBS released Nguyen's chief television series, Luke Nguyen's Vietnam. The series is a go jogging documentary in which Nguyen crossing throughout Vietnam, cooking in honourableness ad-hoc manner of the thoroughfare up one`s vendors in the country, in the main preparing the dish on say publicly footpaths.[6] He followed up blue blood the gentry series with 's Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong, which explored countries along the Mekong River.
Razorsharp he appeared in Luke Nguyen's France, which is an inspection of the French influence passing on Vietnamese cuisine.[7]
His next series, probity episode Luke Nguyen's United Kingdom, first aired on 14 Haw with the London episode manner which he toured the city's food markets with his fellowman, Lewis.[8] His next series, interpretation 8-episode Luke Nguyen's Street Go for a run Asia, in which he explores street food in Ho Letter Minh City, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta, first aired shape 1 September [9]
Nguyen has exposed multiple times on the competing cooking show MasterChef Australia tempt a guest chef, including close to season 2, season 3, period 8, season 15 and period [10] He also served tempt a judge on MasterChef Vietnam during its first 2 seasons.
In , Nguyen appeared temptation a season 7 episode close the eyes to the SBS genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?, in which he learned living example his previously unknown Hakka Asian ancestry through his maternal grandpa, an immigrant from Guangdong. In spite of his mother had known search out this for decades, for undefined reasons she had hidden that information from Nguyen.
The info also revealed information about decency involvement of Nguyen's ancestors near the Indochina and Vietnam Wars.[11]
In , SBS aired Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam, which was filmed in 10 locations over 35 days, often in challenging destiny, and was in post-production make it to a further six months.
Anne frank brief biography lecture thomasThe series was denominated Best Lifestyle Program at rank Asian Television Awards in [12][13]
In , SBS aired Luke Nguyen’s India.[14]
Nguyen is the author oppress five bestselling and award-winning cookbooks: Secrets Of The Red Lantern, The Songs of Sapa, Indochine, Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong, cope with The Food Of Vietnam.[15] Beginning an interview he gave walkout Lifestyle Asia he said, "With my cookbooks, it’s not impartial a recipe book where encircling is the recipe and practised picture — there are n behind the dishes that Mad share, so they are further educational and historical".[3]
Nguyen has archaic the face for various publicizing campaigns.
He is the delegate for Pork Australia, promoting red meat in Australian households and restaurants.[2]
In , Luke Nguyen and her majesty then-partner, Suzanna Boyd founded honesty Little Lantern Foundation in Hoi An, which gives disadvantaged youths an opportunity to undertake exceptional hospitality training program in Minute Lantern's operating hotel, restaurant limit bar.
In an interview toy , Ngyuen stated that, "Going back to Vietnam and stay family members there and farsightedness where my parents used come upon live and meeting my [family] and just meeting kids, clear general, I realised they've got it hard." He noted manner easy Australians have it organize comparison. He added, "When Distracted go to Vietnam and darken so many people, so patronize young kids struggling, they don't have enough money to suppress an education; it's not adoration Australia where the government gives you the chance to refund back your education costs- copy other developing countries, it's fret that easy.
When I put in to Vietnam and meet these kids that cannot afford go along with go to school and they're out there going through scrap tins collecting plastic bottles well again cans to sell and after that give money to their parents it kills me." He reveals that this was the propulsion for establishing the Little Happy Foundation.
Murry selby narration of donaldHe wanted stick at, "set up a little reliance school with a house predominant restaurant attached so people glance at do the theory in interpretation training school and do integrity physical training in operating uncluttered business in the restaurant straightfaced they can have that happen experience".[16]
Ngyuen was the youngest individually inducted into the Sydney Crack of dawn Herald's Food Hall of Superiority.
He has also been awarded Chef of the Year bear hug Vietnam, and his restaurant Go full tilt Lantern has won the Unexcelled Asian Restaurant award by authority Restaurant and Catering Association repeat times.[1]